Antique Hand-forged Flint Striker With Beautiful Curve and Curl wooden geese This feels as much like

This feels as much like a Jesse Howard sign as a tin used for storing hardware to me

dating this one to the late 1840s) whose collection was not long ago acquired by another Maine dealer and friend

Signed with a monogram in the lower left hand corner

but I love these things

Antique Hand-forged Flint Striker With Beautiful Curve and Curl wooden geese This feels as much likeThis struck me an especially lovely old forged iron flint striker, used for starting a fire. I am not certain exact age, but it certainly looks and feels quite old to me. Beautiful form, great surface, satisfying in the hand. I might be inclined to wear this as a pendant around my neck when wanting needing to feel powerful! 3 1 4" x 1 1 4". Surface wear and aging as evident, very much to the good I think.